Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Christmas Christmas G erm an Germatmn UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. XXII. COLUMBIA, S. C., -TUESDAY,DECEMB R 11 1928 No. 11 (iARNET-BLACK SCHEDULE FOR GROUP PICTURE Class And Other Group Pictures Will Be Taken As Scheduled EXCUSED FROM CLASSES Remaining Groups Will Be Made After Christmas Holi days Part of the group pictures for the 1 Garnet and Black will be taken Thursday and Friday; December 13 and 14. The schedule is printed be low and students are asked to be pun ctual as only a certain length of time is for each group. Announcements con cerning other group pictures will be made later. Students may be excused from classes for above pictures. To be taken Thursday and Friday December 13th and 14th. THURSDAY, DEC. 13 Freshman Class-10:00 a.m. LeConte; School of Pharmacy-10:20 a.m. Le Conte; School of Engineering-10:40 a.m. Sloan; School of Education 11:00 a.m. DeSaussure; School of Journalism-11 :20 a.m. Extension Bldg. ; Y Promotion Force-11:40' Flinn Hall; Bible Discussion Leaders -12:00 p.m. Fiinn Hall; Freshman Y Council-12:30 Flinn Hall. FIRDAY, DEC. 14 Sophomore Class--10:00 a.m. Le Conte; Freshman Law Class-10:20 a. m. Law Building; Department of Bible--10:40 a.m. Chapel; School of Law-11:00 a.m. Law Building ; School of Commerce-11:20 a.m. Chapel; Gamecocck Staff-11:40 a.m. DeSaussure. Remaining grot:ps will be taken af ter Xmas holidays. --usc Pi Kappa Phi Gives Dance at Ridgewood About Three Hundred Guests Present--lMny Fre Out Of Town Pi Kappa Phi fraternity gave a very delightful dance at Ridgewood Club last evening at which about 300 guest were present, many who were from out of town. They were met by members of the active chapter and of the alumni chapter. F. Dawson Beattie is president ; Wil liam Cottingham, treasurer; and 'R. M. McDaniel is leader of the Sigma chap ter, with Swaffield Coward and Ray mond Hildebrand Cowan assisting. The Gamecock orchestra furnished the umsic. Gold and Blach, the fraternity colors, decorated the club rooms, where re freshments were served during the evening. -Usc---e Hodges and Early Confined to Beds Barney A. Early, energetic alumni secretary, is suffering from an attack of Influenza. He expects to be out soon, however, as he has planned a meeting of the Carolina alumni to be held next week in Florence, and is expecting to be there. Dr. D. M. Douglas and Coach Billy Laval will also speak at the Flor entine rally. Professor Ben Hodges, of the law school, has been confined to his bed for the past six weeks by tripleneuritis. He will be unable to meet his classes until after the Christmas hoidrays. Blue Key Initiates New .Men at Banquet Heyman; Dobson, Walker And Garvin Elected To Membership Blue Key Fraternity held their annual Founder's Day initiation and 'formal banquet at the Jefferson Hotel last Fri day night. Several new members were initiated and a wc:1 prepa:ed program rendered. The following members were present: Bruce W. White, president and toast master; Claude R. Dunbar, vice-presi (lent; Harry L. Hingson, secretary David E. Frierson treasurer; Roy C Cobb, sergeant-at-arms; Jesse Rutledge. Joseph Hiott, Curtis Brock, Artliur Med lock, J. C. Williams, Dr. Yates Snowden, l)r. B. C. Kilpatrick, Coleman Karesh, James H. Hammond, Hon. T. B. But. ler, Milo Smith. H. S. Heyman, 'Raymond Dobson Henry Walker and L. A. Garvin wer selected and initiated as members of the University of South Carolina chap ter of Blue Key Fraternity. tUsc. Cavaliers'Take in Four New Members Club Was Formed In 1925 For Those Interested In Fencing Last Wedneslday night at eight o'clock the meeting of the Cavaliers Club was held at their club roon. Among the several new members who were taken in during the meeting are: Broughton, Riley, Yates and Green. The initiation of the new members will be held in the near future. Charter members of the club who are still at Carolina are Raymond B. Hilde brand, W. Ralph Lewis, J. Drufus Grii. fin, Bannie L. Stewart, Harold W- Fun derburke and William R. Reese. The club has had several outstanding men of the campus who have graduated and are making a svccess in the world. Some of them are : Bill Boyd, Sam Burke, Charles Cuttino and others. This club was formed in 1925 as an organization for those who were inter ested in fencing as a pastime and as athletics. The officers of the club are as fol lows: president, Bannie L. Stewart; vice-president, Harold W. Funderbirke, secretary-treasurer. ------U.s.c. Glee Club to Give Programs in Chapel Prepare For Trip To Be Taken In A Few Days A treat is in store for the chapel goers this week in the form of a pre contest recital by the Carolina Glee club. It will be remembered that the organization ran Furman's songsters a close second; being defeated only by their rendition of the Alma mater. This year the University club has high hopes of victory. The Glee club will sing three of its selections in chanel the prize song, "0 FilIlii et Filan;" "Songs My Moth er Sang to Me" and the Alma Mater. It is expected that a large npsmber of students will hear the boys and give them a big "send-off" to the state contest which will be held in Spartan burg- Friday; December 14. Holidays Begin The Registrar corrects announce ment made in last week's Game cock; stating that Christmas holi days begin on December 20. Classes will be held through Tuesday December 18; holidays be ginning in full Wednesday the 19. Class work will be resumed Jan uary 2 at 8 o'clock. PLASTER FALL IN U. CANT EEN INJURES PERRY Falling Plaster Litters Floor And Counter And Frighten Customers STEWART DODGES DERBIS Similiar Incidents Have Taken Place Several Times Before The fall of plaster from the ceiling of the University canteen a few minutes beore nine o'clock Friday morning re sulted in only a single casualty, fortu natcly for 1t- cro wd conlgregated in tl room eating late breakfast and early lunch. John M. "Bull" Perry, former star linesman of Furman University, suffered severe cuts and bruises about the head when the avalanche of plaster broke loose withort warning. He received medical treatment, and is attending law classes as usual. Bannie Stewart's clothes collected thin portion of the debris but physical injury was evaded by quick side stepping. The tumbling plaster fell behind the counter and about the cash register, nearly annihilating William R. Reese, well-known fencer whose agility enabled him to avoid injury. Some of the rocky ceiling crashed onto the counter, (Continued to page eight) ---sce Sigma Upsilon Frat. Elects New Members Wl Give Formal Banquet For Initiates After Initiation Ceremonies The Scribes of Sigma Upsilon have selected sever.al new members and will iniiiate them in the Euphradian Society Hall Thursday night at seven o'clock. After the initiation a formal banquet wifl be held at the Jefferson Hotel. Sigma Upsilon is the national honor literary fraternity and the requirements for ri ..ibility are those of creative lit erary abiltty .and expressed interest in lirterary culture. --UC Burton Shook Loses Father After Illness Former associatres and friends of Burton Shook, last te.rm's editor of the Gamecock will be grieved to learn of the sudden death of his father. Al though Mr. Shook had been an invalid for a number of years, his death came as a shock to his friends and immediate family. CLEMSON CLOSES Because of an epidemic of influ enza, classes at Clemson College were suspended this morning until after Christmas. About 200 cadets were reported ill and the nu'ater seeme1 to be increasing. Night School Offers Additional Courses New Courses to be Given Dur ing Next Semester ter With the first half-term of Night School nearing successful completion the authorities are looking forward to big improvements during the next semes ter. The semester will start in Febru ary, and will continue throughout the rest of the school year. Beginning in February, classes will he offered in Elenentry Agebra, Plane Geometry, Tigonometry, Mechanical Drawing, Architectural Drawing, Vo cabulary Building, Business English, Ac counting, History. Elementary German. Elenentry French and Business Law. This wil represent more courses than those previously offered. I)ean Walter E . Rowe, head of the night school, states that a new class will he started any time it has enough pros pective members. The month of January will be devoted partly to regiter and when there is a sufficient desire for a certain subject to be taught, a class will he formed in that subject immediately. -Us Few Students Still Suffering From Flu W. C. McFadden Has Broken Ankle-Able To Meet Classes The infirmary is no longer crowded to capacity as it was last week. The epidemic of influenza which has caused a number of southern schools to close has been checked on the local campus, and classes go on merrily as ever. Those now in the Bull Street hospital are Ed Sykes, Huger Sinkler, M. F. Miller, G. G. Abercrombie, George Hol land, W. C. McFadden and Miss Kim brell. McFadden has been ill with pneu. monia, but is rapidly recovering. His parents came to visit him last week, and their presence aided in his comeback. The other patients are all being treated for mild flu and colds. Jack Vining, vice-president of the freshman class, is still residing in the infirmary, where he has become the star boarder. His ankle was hurt in the clash between the Biddies and the Cita del freshmen, so that he could not climb to his room. He attends classes during the day, but lives in the infirmary. U.S.C. Men to Play In New Year Game Eddie Zobel and Harry Wolfe, the former a sensation in Carolina's early season victories and the latter, pickei by sports writers for the composite all state eleven, have been chosen by coach es to play in the New Year's clay game at Atlanta, between the Northern and Southern halves of the conference. The affair is an all-conference charity game, and will bring together the great est collection of footbal stars in Dixie. The teams representing the Sov'thern half are Georgia, Alabama, Tulane, Mis sissippi, Florida, Mississippi A. and M., and Louisiana State ; while, South Caro lina, Clemson, Vir"ginia Polytechnic. Maryland, Kentucky, Washington and Lee, North Carolina, Virginia Military Institute, N. C. States and Virginia will supply the northern selection. Georgia Tech will not send players to the game, as the Yellow Jackets will play the Southern California Trojans in the East--West battle at Pasadena, Jan uary 1st ALUMNI STARTS COUNTY MEETS IN FLORENCE Florence And Darlington County Alumni Will Meet To gether Next Week SLIGH PRES. OF CHAPTER Pres. Douglas; Laval; Tiunmer man; Early And Others To Attend The first of a series of two-county meetings for the aumni for the Univer city of South Carolina will he held at Florence WVe(nesday, December 19, for thutnni of Florence and Darlington counly it was anntwnced last night by 13. A. E?arly, alunmi secretary. Charles . Sligh, president of th' 1)Drlinmn county chapter and Dr. Simons R. I.ucas, president of the Flor Lnce chapter of the university alumni are in charge of the meeting. The two counties have several hundred alumni residing in them and the presidents an licipate a large and intere'!inn meeting. Dr.. ). N. Douglas, president, of the university, Coach W. L. Laval. George Bell Timmerman, president of the alum ni association, and Mr. tarly will at lend from Col mbia with a number of Ahers. It is planned to have a series of county, two-county and district meetings throughout the state before the annual I)usiness meeting in June. These meet ings are intended to effect a thorough reorganization of the university alumni association. Ths year's program is a continuation of last year's program to reorganize the association. This is the second year a full time secretary has been employed ard considerable interest is being shown by the members. The officers of the altrmni association intend to continue this field work until the university alumni are organized as thorout;hly as they now are at all the leading Southern universities. Educational Meet See Caroina, News Several Carolina Professors See Vitaphnne News Reels of S. C.-Furman Game Several Professors in the department of Education who went to the Educa tional meet in Texas were pleasantly surprised when on going to a Vitaphone movie they saw and heard several good scenes of the great Furman-Carolina football game that was played here last month. It is said that the game is well seen and that the splendid work of the heering section was the comment of he Texas people. Our Professors were ~ongratulated on having such splendid spirit at their school. It is all very good to have Carolina n the News Reel but why canu't the Reel come here so we can see for our ~elves? -U.s.c. Christmas German To Be December 18th. The German Club will give a <iance ruesday evening, December 18, from 0:00 until 2:00 in the University gym tasimm. This affair, alwvays one of the most olorful of the year, is one of the five lances given by the club. The others re, the Opening German, Mid-winter lerman, Easter German and the June innl